Governments must invest strategically in building safe drinking water systems by not only increasing funding, but also strengthening capacities to plan, coordinate, and regulate service provision, if the world is to achieve universal access to safe...
The WISA Gauteng Branch hosted the ‘Gauteng Water Security in 2022’ webinar that unpacked water security strategies in the Gauteng’s metropolitan municipalities. By Gina Martin, publications lead: Gauteng Branch Committee, WISA The three Gauteng...
The average water consumption in South Africa is 237 litres per person per day comparing poorly with the global average of approximately 173 litres. By Heman Kassan, Chief Commercial Officer of Technodyn International In a country that has been...
The Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement division within the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has the difficult task of curbing water transgressions and safeguarding all water resources while still encouraging development. Kirsten Kelly...
Key water sector stakeholders led by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) gathered to make inputs into the National Water Resource Strategy 3 (NWRS-3). The primary key focus of the NWRS-3 is to ensure equitable and sustainable access to and...
Today, about 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and 3.6 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services. The latest World Water Development Report (WWDR) tackle groundwater that has remained under the...
Hydroflow – an electronic water softener – removes the ‘cholesterol’ from water pipes and heating equipment without the use of chemicals. Comprising minerals (usually calcium and bicarbonate) that are dissolved in water, limescale creates a hard...
The water reservoirs in most parts of the country are still at satisfactory high levels, despite a minor drop in some. This was revealed in a weekly report on the state of reservoirs in the country issued by the Department of Water and Sanitation...
The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu, consulted with Water Service Authorities in KwaZulu-Natal on the reconfiguration of two Water Boards in the province. Namely the Umgeni and Mhlathuze Water, with the aim of establishing a single...
